For many structural reasons, the United States has two large political parties. The parties talk about many different issues, but at least for the last 50...
Author - David Cloutier
When I entered the office of a dear colleague recently, he had a poster set up on an easel. The school was promoting virtues on homemade posters, rather than...
Earlier this year, a lot of (sometimes misleading) controversy swirled around the question of abortion, Catholic politicians, and communion. This isn’t a new...
For many, 2021 has been a year of emerging from the unexpected conditions of the pandemic. Nearly everyone has a vivid experience of reconnecting, of taking...
Modern Catholic social thought is typically dated back to Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor). It’s not that Catholicism had...
Recently, my wife and I watched the much-discussed Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma. It features a parade of Silicon Valley insiders making confessions...
Readings (Year B) Genesis 9:8-15Psalm 25:4-91 Peter 3:18-22Mark 1:12-15 Reflection: Turn and trust The first Sunday of Lent is like an emergency alert on the...
As the holiday season approaches, many parishes are undoubtedly preparing to launch annual gift drives to mark the season. Some will hang ornaments on a tree...
American society is in part founded on the idea that, while we have differences and disagreements, we can find ways of living together peacefully. But this...
During the late spring of this unforgettable year, the United States became embroiled in a debate over how to respond to the novel coronavirus pandemic...
